Despite death being something we all face, we tend to avoid using the words death, dying or died and use phrases like ‘they passed away’ or ‘they’re no longer with us’ and many other euphemisms when we have to discuss it – So what is the best way for us to approach the subject and […]
In the run up to Dying Matters Awareness Week 2022 (2nd – 6th May), our CEO Liz Pryor explores why we find talking about death and dying so difficult… The Dreaded “D Word!” We all find it difficult to have conversations with the people we love about what will happen when we or they die. […]
In a personal letter to Liz, Prime Minister Theresa May said: “By founding the ‘Anne Robson Trust’, you are ensuring that patients receive dignity, compassion and company at their end of their lives. This is a truly meaningful tribute to your late mother, Anne.” Liz is the founder of the ‘Anne Robson Trust’ which coordinates […]
The Anne Robson Trust Founder and Director, Liz Pryor, took to the radio recently with a feature on BBC Radio 4 current affairs programme You & Yours. You can listen again by clicking the play button in the video. https://youtu.be/sl117VyYhUY We urgently need to raise funds so that we can provide support, companionship and advocacy […]
We are very lucky to work in partnership with the Princess Alexandra Hospital and the wonderfully literate Shahid Sardar, Associate Director of Patient Experience. He recently wrote this article in the Nursing Times. Please click on the link or on the image to read the full article.
We are constantly humbled by the amazing work of the Butterfly Volunteers. A member of one of the teams recently told us about a letter he helped a patient to write to her Grandchildren in the days before she died. We have changed names and some of the detail but the emotion comes through in […]
We were delighted to be announced as the winners of the Markel 3rd Sector Care, End of Life Care Award 2019. Please see details of our award here.
BEL MOONEY writes a heartfelt but uplifting despatch from the hospital end of line. Bel Mooney is an journalist and broadcaster. She currently writes a column for the Daily Mail and met with the Anne Robson Trust Team earlier in the month at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, home to one of our first […]
A while ago our work was selected as the ‘pick of the week’ by an organisation called Fab NHS Stuff, which is run by Roy Lilley and Terri Porrett. They run an annual awards event, which took place on 15th November 2018, where all 52 projects (one for every week of the year) are in the […]
You may have listened to the feature about our work on BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours programme, which aired on Friday 14th September, 2018 (listen again here). A number of people who heard the interview have asked what I meant when I said that it can take people up to 3 days to “actively […]
